NEWS: Donnie out | Nico Harrison (Nike) as Pres/GM | Fin as VP | Dirk as Advisor

[Kammrath]

This feels like an assumption. 

Are you saying "analytics guy" = a 5% increase of hits in the draft (maybe)?

So in other words, you think that whoever the BEST drafter in the league is, they must be an analytics guy? Just trying to understand you.

I am just suggesting that analytics (if heavily leaned on) TEND to offer a more predictable and long term hit rate than things like human observance and intuition. Ainge was a GENIUS for a number of years and now is just a guy without a job. Ainge was on a roll that made him look like he had this huge leg up on everyone, but over time he was shown to not be that special of a GM. 

I do not think a successful GM has to be an analytics guy, but I think the probability of being a successful GM goes up if you are an analytics guy.